Improvement in hop-pole puller



ateui (9i tit A. L. HATCH AND W. A. HATCH, voir LOYD, WISCONSIN. Letters Patent No. 85,587, dated January 5, 1,869.

IMIPROVENIENT IN HOP-POL FULLER.

The Schedule referred to in these 'Letters Patent and making part of thevlame.

To all whom 'it mwy conce/rn Beit known thatwe, A. L. HATCH and W.A.HATCH, of Loyd, in the county of Richland, and State of ,Wiscousin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Implements for Pulling Hop-Poles; and we do hereby declare that the following ,is a full, clear,'and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled iu the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of our invention.

Figure 2 is a top View of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to extract hop-poles I from the ground in an expeditious and easy manuel'.

It consists of a lever or hand-spike pivoted to the A' uprightof a pedestal-board, or block, with a joint permitting a double movement of the lever, to wit, theA usual vibrating movement, and a downward swinging of the lever.

The lever is provided with a stout iron prong or tine, affixed near the end ofthe saine, and running out parallel to the short aim of the same, leaving a space between it and the said short arm, suitable for receiving and cramping upon hoppoles, in the act of extracting them om the ground.

In the accompanying drawings- O is the lever pivoted to the slanting upright B, af fixed to the pedestal-block A.

The eye-bolt a is attached to the jaws b of a bolt, resting in a notch in the upright, and held in the said notch by the plate aixed to the sides of the upright,

l the said bolt passing through the said plates, as shown.

The shank of the eye-bolt passes through the lever, with a nut on its opposite end, thus serving to aix the prong E to the lever.

The space between the prong E and the lever is sufn ficiently wide to secure the largest hop-pole, and the proximate side of the short arm is armed with a metal plate, b, to cramp against the hop-pole, and take a firm hold of the same, when actuated to do so.

The prong E is square, and when the lever is being swung downward-on the pin c of the joint, the prong cramps upon the hop-pole, presenting its angle or edge to impinge against the former, thus cramping the pole between itv and the plate Z1.

By pressing downward on' the long arm of the lever,

manner of a pump-handle, for when the handle of a lever is lifted, the. hold of the prong and plate is released, and the same slipped further down on the pole,

but when the handle is borne down, the prong and plate crainp immediately upon the pole, thus holding it firmly and raising it from the ground. A

This action is'due to the manner of hanging or pivoting the lever, so that it shall swing or roll downward in a manner suitable for cramping or jamming upon the pole. j

The vibration of the lever is limited by the stop fi, which is a continuation of the shank of the jaws b. This stop vibrates withinan iron. guard, e, and, encountering it, limits the vibration to the lever.

The devices composing and pertaining to the pivotjoint of the lever perfect its operation, although we desire to be understood as not limiting our invention to the precise arrangement shown, as the-double motion, suitable for cramping upon the hop-poles, and eX- tracting them, can be obtained by many dierent forms of swivel-joint, a simple formof which would he two interlocking staples, or a bore-and-socket joint.

There are many varieties of such joints, which are familiar to those skilled in mechanism, and were we limited to any particular device, our patent might be easily evaded by substituting a different join't, permitting the double motion to the lever, above described.

This implement is easily conveyed from place to place, and affords an easy means of extracting hop-poles and stakes from the ground.

Having thus described our invention,

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl l. The lever Ghaving a prong, E and connected to the side of a standard, B, by a joint, a, c b, substantiallyvv as herein set fort-h and shown.

2. The stop yi and guard e, substantially as described, in the standard B of the lever C, all set forth.

A. L. HATGH. W. A, HATCH. Witnesses: v

W. W. STEWART, A. BALLET. 

